U.S. Troops fire on Canadian envoy

It sounds as though our troops in Iraq are a bit nervous:

U.S. troops opened fire on a vehicle carrying four Canadians, including a diplomat, in Baghdad yesterday hitting the vehicle's engine block.

None of the passengers in the car or its driver were injured.

The diplomat in the vehicle was John Holmes, the Canadian charge d'affaires in Iraq.

Mr. Holmes is also Canada's ambassador to Jordan, where he is based. He assumed responsibility for Iraq last September.

This occurred inside the green zone, where things are supposed to be pretty safe. I'm really not criticizing them. If I were there, I'm sure I'd be nervous too. As we've said from the start, too few troops to do the job that shouldn't have been done to begin with.